Bill Owen wrote:I found the folder and have not noted any % amount for the TSR royalty.I have found details of misc. items:I found tiny notebook pages where I billed JG for the travel agency phone calls to TSR about the royalty discussions (I was working during the day as travel agent still until the end of 1976) for 7 phones calls between 9/4/76 to 11/6/76... and finally an entry that says Milwaukee Lawyer Phone $4.81 and that must be when we achieved agreement because the notebook pages show no more calls to anyone and I reimbursed the agency for a month of other charges through 12/20/76.SNIP
FormCritic wrote:33 days!Industry figures here on the Acaeum have told us that the early days of gaming were much more free and friendly than today.When you are recalling "33 days before GenCon" is that 33 days before your first GenCon, where the map and subscription were first offered for sale?
FormCritic wrote:So, are you possibly saying that the original license agreement with TSR was verbal?Also, you haven't mentioned Arneson before. Can you tell us what kind of interaction you had with him?<From an outside view, it seems that Arneson had little to do with running TSR. It would be interesting to know what kind of decisions he made or what kind of input he had.>